In 1843, while delirious from imbibing laudanum, metapsychical artist & poet Blake William beheld a vision of an anglepoise lamp, which he immediately patented.
In punishment for his hubris the Celestial Illuminati Alliance transformed him into the constellation “The Tiger”.

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The almighty king of skulls will be popping along too and bringing with him an emergency restock of 1, 2 and LAUDANUM! Again, these are extremely limited to make sure to grab a copy of each early on to avoid disappointment.

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Elizabeth Siddal, the muse of the Pre-Raphaelites became addicted to Laudanum & overdosed at age 32. Grief struck, husband Rossetti put the only copy of his poems in her coffin. 7 years on he exhumed her to retrieve his poems & found "her copper hair had grown to fill the coffin"

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Laudanum: Freedom from Pain for the Price of Addiction https://t.co/GibcY5d4ha

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Renée Vivien (1877 – 1909), was a British poet who tried to kill herself by drinking an excess of laudanum in 1908.

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